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Repetition was key. The challenge had to completed at least 10 times in a row by a traceur without injury, in order for it to be deemed a success. Then all members had to also compete the movement. If a mistake was made by a traceur, then the whole group had to begin again. New members could only join if they were recommended by an existing member and then pass tests that not only included physical strength in but principles too.

Members could vote to kick out those who did not follow the principles and values that were established. Complete trust in the group was essential along with respect and humility.

To watch parkour, many see an influence of martial arts and think of Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan. David Belle did spend 3 months studying in India kung fu. The philosophy of parkour is similar to martial arts but parkour is non-combative. This became the beginning of several changes to the group.

First, the group named themselves Yamakasi, sometimes spelt Yamakazi. Many members also believed that the performance did not demonstrate all aspects of their discipline such as their values and ethics. Belle wanted to concentrate on his acting and Foucan wanted to spend more time in training or teaching. With pictures and videos sent to French TV shows, parkour rose in popularity.

And with social media sites and YouTube, parkour became more known. Belle left the original group and started to gain success in acting using parkour to star in commercials and with roles in French films and promotions. In , the WFPF founders launched the International Parkour Federation IPF , a US non-profit dedicated to the advancement of parkour worldwide, assisting in the formation of national and continental governing bodies around the world.

Plattville, Wisconsin, USA. Parkour continues to grow exponentially among practitioners and fans alike. In March of , parkour passed skateboarding in Google trends and has continued to ascendance in the years since.

The Beginnings Georges Hebert. Competition David Belle and his former close associates among the Yamasaki have always been against competition. In the years following, new leaders and pioneers emerged who did not necessarily identify with Belle or Foucan, who were actively pursuing their own individual careers. WFPF is the first organization to have created a competitive format using the name of Parkour.

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Click the button below to find out more. He noticed that the native people of Martinique were much better than European settlers at navigating and overcoming obstacles. Raymond Belle, the son of a French physician and a Vietnamese mother, was left in a military orphanage in in Dalat, a city in Vietnam after his father died and he was separated from his mother at the age of 7.

He would run and climb trees at night to train harder and longer than anyone else in the orphanage. He also used the military obstacle courses and created his own courses to challenge and improve his endurance, flexibility, and strength.

He moved back to France in and stayed in the military until he became a member of the Paris Fire Brigade which was also a part of the French military. The son of Raymond Belle, David Belle, who is widely recognized as the founder of parkour as we know it, was born in He realized he wanted to do sports that taught him skills that are useful in life rather than do sports that were done in safe environments through conversations with his father.

His father told him about the many repetitions he had to do to find the best way to navigate an environment. David then moved to Lisses, France and he found other young men that formed a group and began training with him. They put themselves through challenges that forced each member to improve their physical and mental strength.